WOW!! Thank you so much for including my chat with Mickey Gentile from (gasp!) 12 years ago. I interviewed so many industry folks for the liner notes and sadly only two are still with us (songwriter Sidney Barnes and music promoter Tony Russi). Mr. Gentile was an absolute gentleman. BTW - rumor had it that Gene Page arranged "Never..." but couldn't find any proof. Thank you Anthony. You made my day!
No wonder I have loved this song for years! If Gene Page worked on this you know it’s special! He was truly an underrated composer/producer/arranger. His version of the “Close Encounters” was beautiful and ethereal as opposed to Meco’s brassy and militaristic recording.
This a great two-sided single. You should definitely add “Why Don’t You Let Yourself Go”, which is a great Rudy Clark tune. I also bought a Mary Wells ‘stereo’ album only to find it rechanneled - how on earth did that stupid label not record her on stereo for her first album at 20th?
Maybe one day in the future, someone related to those involved with this recording will be out digging in their garage or backyard shed and find the dusty tape box with the final mix of the stereo album. Sigh........
A fantastic Mary Wells song!!!! So so disappointed that after leaving Motown these great singles never reached the status they should have.
One of her best..R.I.P. Mary 🙏
Just a beautiful song...
WOW!! Thank you so much for including my chat with Mickey Gentile from (gasp!) 12 years ago. I interviewed so many industry folks for the liner notes and sadly only two are still with us (songwriter Sidney Barnes and music promoter Tony Russi). Mr. Gentile was an absolute gentleman. BTW - rumor had it that Gene Page arranged "Never..." but couldn't find any proof. Thank you Anthony. You made my day!
No wonder I have loved this song for years! If Gene Page worked on this you know it’s special! He was truly an underrated composer/producer/arranger. His version of the “Close Encounters” was beautiful and ethereal as opposed to Meco’s brassy and militaristic recording.
Kevin, thank you for all that you do and have done documenting and keeping the music history alive.
@@Avatar610 Indeed! Gene was a master arranger!
BTW - I should clarify that the session for "Never..." took place in LA, while Mary was on a promo tour. She and Carl Davis were dating at the time.
@@kevingoins9858 maybe William Sargent will pull up the session contract and get all of the recording information once and for all.😉
This a great two-sided single. You should definitely add “Why Don’t You Let Yourself Go”, which is a great Rudy Clark tune. I also bought a Mary Wells ‘stereo’ album only to find it rechanneled - how on earth did that stupid label not record her on stereo for her first album at 20th?
Maybe one day in the future, someone related to those involved with this recording will be out digging in their garage or backyard shed and find the dusty tape box with the final mix of the stereo album. Sigh........